Abena Dugan is

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

ian youth and gender advocate. In 2018, she was elected vice chair in charge of Partnership and Resources of the Commonwealth Youth Council, making her the first female and Ghanaian hold the position. The Commonwealth Youth council is the largest and most diverse youth-led organisation in the world, as such Dugan is now representing young people in 53 Commonwealth countries.

Education

She is a former student of St. Louis Secondary School and Student Representative Council Secretary of the

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), commonly known as UST, Tech or Kwame Tech, is a public university located in Kumasi, Ashanti region, Ghana. The university focuses on science and technology. It is the second public uni ...

Kumasi Kumasi is a city and the capital of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It is the second largest city in the country, with a population of 443,981 as of the 2021 census. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region ...

. She also has a Masters in Development Finance from the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It is the oldest public university in the country. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the British colony of the Gold Coast ...

Legon Legon , a suburb of the Ghanaian city Accra, is situated about north-east of the city center in the Ayawaso West Municipal District, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Legon is home to the main campus of the University of Ghana. ...

. She also has a Certificate from Oxford Executive Leadership Programme 2020 and currently studying at the School of Law, University of Leeds UK.

Career

As part of the

Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 The 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (also known as CHOGM 2018) was the 25th meeting of the heads of government of the Commonwealth of Nations, held on 19–20 April 2018 in the United Kingdom. The meeting was planned to be held at ...

, she contested and won an election leading to her appointment as vice chair of the partnership and resources. Before her appointment, she served as the financial coordinator for the Commonwealth Alliance for young entrepreneurs West Africa Chapter. She is also a founding member of Climate Resilient Network and a member of the World Students Environmental Network.

References

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